SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-03-03T13:28:36-07:00SparkFun Electronicsbigjosh on What would you like to see?bigjoshurn:uuid:b0fb45df-13ae-391a-0376-f843d8bc99b42008-10-06T14:31:04-06:00<p>You already have so much great stuff, but&hellip;<br/>
A cheap, simple, low power, well documented WIFI module like used in cellphones would be awesome. They exist, but you have to buy +10,000 to them. I can&rsquo;t buy that many, but maybe you guys can!<br/>
Thanks again!</p>bau on What would you like to see?bauurn:uuid:e4d6ba9b-8d97-4809-9c78-c5d8142353bf2008-09-15T17:51:00-06:00<p>An inexpensive GSM modules with integrated IP stack, ready to use with TTL serial &ndash; such as Simcom SIM300 for $35 each!</p>jammit on What would you like to see?jammiturn:uuid:a2621d16-2f49-718f-0e29-efff9bfe1a392008-09-15T16:45:31-06:00<p>I don&rsquo;t know if this would be any fun, but I was thinking of something like this as a kit with a pre-programmed PIC.<br/>
<a href="http://members.cox.net/berniekm/super.html" rel="nofollow" >http://members.cox.net/berniekm/super.html</a><br/>
I&rsquo;m about halfway through building one.</p>PNightmare on What would you like to see?PNightmareurn:uuid:22b04362-f0f1-527c-94f2-eaebd4e7412a2008-09-11T14:51:03-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to see a cheap nixie clock kit</p>cslee on What would you like to see?csleeurn:uuid:595ba7ae-7c5e-d1f5-22ab-93d4ba260f172008-09-07T01:17:01-06:00<p>How about some cheap sensors for Lego mindstorm?</p>JB on What would you like to see?JBurn:uuid:28414e00-89fc-afb1-7186-7f6fef5b009d2008-09-05T19:42:11-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d love to see a small DC-DC step up converter board with an ST L6920DB, for battery (1 or 2 AA) applications.<br/>
Also, small project enclosures with a battery compartment for one or two AA/AAA. Say an interior space the length of an AA and 3X the width, with a door and clip for an AA. (And a groove to slide the above step-up converter into! :))</p>superbrad on What would you like to see?superbradurn:uuid:d60ab21c-73da-a74f-63b3-5729935dff612008-09-02T23:14:52-06:00<p>Quantum Research Group has a pretty impressive lineup of capacitive touch sensors. Some breakout boards would be nice, but the pipe dream would be one with a flexible + transparent (thinking Tin-Indium-Oxide) type of breakout board that could be used to overlay on displays, glass, the discrete keypad for your shoephone, etc.</p>Mure on What would you like to see?Mureurn:uuid:a2ae79c3-a6a2-f63e-d369-8efab23f62842008-09-02T14:53:58-06:00<p>Chipcon (TI) wireless modules - 315/433/868/915/2.4, choose your RF band.<br/>
SMD atmega&rsquo;s and pic&rsquo;s.<br/>
SMD passive components in general. Why not!?</p>devils4ever on What would you like to see?devils4everurn:uuid:0f0b3be2-8251-f6f9-093b-a1063590968a2008-08-30T21:26:48-06:00<p>I&rsquo;ll third the request for a WWVB antenna/receiver module. These devices show up in cheap clocks, so they can&rsquo;t cost much. Most seem to use the Galleon EM2S modules, but they don&rsquo;t sell them in small quantities.</p>NotDavid4JustDavid on What would you like to see?NotDavid4JustDavidurn:uuid:3d2fbcdf-6cdf-d5af-800d-90a6f9b67a682008-08-29T23:00:41-06:00<p>I like the IIC interface, as it&rsquo;s standard on lots. It&rsquo;s also easy to add things. You already have a lot of IIC stuff, which I think is great!<br/>
Your SCP1000 Barometric Pressure sensor is only available with an SPI interface, yet I know they manufacture an IIC version too. Also, you don&rsquo;t have a temperature sensor for the IIC interface.<br/>
Other things to see: Optical Incremental Quadrature Encoders, Limit Switches, Water Sensor - detect when it rains or sprinklers are on.</p>Terry on What would you like to see?Terryurn:uuid:2109105c-9377-0de3-cef7-4c16201f72062008-08-26T17:51:37-06:00<p>I would like to see some small add-on interface boards about the size of some of the wireless modules that break out the 16bit A/D&rsquo;s with SPI/I2C and other specialised IC&rsquo;s from their very small size to something useable for those of us who are creating prototypes and small runs.</p>jatkins on What would you like to see?jatkinsurn:uuid:1685c9f2-9eef-d00a-bbba-749d3f833ad72008-08-23T13:01:02-06:00<p>Logomatic V2.</p>Spike on What would you like to see?Spikeurn:uuid:6febfcb7-7998-3f93-81d1-aa4925cafafb2008-08-22T12:37:27-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to echo the request for a WWV solution. So many projects need some means to achieve approximate synchronization and WWV would be a simple solution in many situations.<br/>
I&rsquo;d also like to see a breakout for one of the WireLine/HomePlug chips.<br/>
SparkFun rocks!</p>Occam on What would you like to see?Occamurn:uuid:10ed4425-3550-863f-da21-50bdf8a754642008-08-21T20:04:20-06:00<p>Take look at the new Cortex M3 based ARM&rsquo;s &hellip; Very nice, similar to ARM7, but more features and much improved architecture. Luminary and ST, and perhaps others have &lsquo;em. This is where you should be going with small ARMS<br/>
<a href="http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM_Cortex" rel="nofollow" >http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM_Cortex</a>-M3.html</p>Occam on What would you like to see?Occamurn:uuid:d04b3d64-eaf9-9806-ef88-fdcc45b09b452008-08-21T19:35:30-06:00<p>Tri-color 7-segment LED displays. Red, Green, Reg+Green = Yellow. 0.5 character height. They exist [Staney], but I can&rsquo;t find a low quantity seller.<br/>
The new Telit GC-864 GSM/GPRS module, and small [as small as possible] breakout/support board.</p>rbthursby on What would you like to see?rbthursbyurn:uuid:ba124941-75a9-3d6f-36e5-6273d06a20dd2008-08-20T16:32:31-06:00<p>For brick and mortar: SFE&rsquo;s protoboards, jumper wires, and 0.1" headers/connectors. Why doesn&rsquo;t RadioShack carry 0.1" headers?<br/>
For SFE online: more breakout boards for analog devices (i.e. rail-to-rail opamps, instrumentation opamps, ADCs/DACs). The more general purpose/configurable the better.<br/>
I always come to SFE for the unique breakout boards and the hard-to-find components. For general purpose components, I can always source them elsewhere.</p>Scienkoptic on What would you like to see?Scienkopticurn:uuid:9ba2efe9-2794-b49a-d9f5-0c716f529ba62008-08-20T06:44:31-06:00<p>How about some 3 cell AA battery holders with leads or with 9V battery terminals.<br/>
I&rsquo;m working on a PicAxe project and I&rsquo;ve run out of them and I don&rsquo;t see them on the site.</p>Arachnivore on What would you like to see?Arachnivoreurn:uuid:b486f250-4cc2-770c-d804-5df0ec76ee622008-08-20T00:01:08-06:00<p>fpga4fun.com in conjunction with knjn.com offer an FPGA based DIY oscilloscope with some instructions on how to make it.<br/>
I for one would like to play around with one of Bitwave&rsquo;s software defined transceivers. Oh! and I&rsquo;m not quite sure what capacitive touch sensor is in the iPhone but i&rsquo;d love to get my hands on one (just wishful thinking)</p>JudasGutenberg on What would you like to see?JudasGutenbergurn:uuid:e7186be9-cee0-e094-4d0c-6daedef75aee2008-08-19T19:31:02-06:00<p>Panel mounted push button switches - things that fit in holes and are secured with metal nuts. Simple, but important, and I couldn&rsquo;t find any just now on the site.<br/>
Also, the 40 pin Atmega644, which the Sanguino dude has working in the Arduino environment. That&rsquo;s 64k of Flash and 4k of RAM, among other things. It&rsquo;s going to strap a rocket on Arduino projects!</p>GoldFiles on What would you like to see?GoldFilesurn:uuid:75b14c03-92dc-299f-8a0a-18b28393d6c42008-08-19T16:01:26-06:00<p>Hobby Servo Motors, and other moving parts</p>MikeYancey on What would you like to see?MikeYanceyurn:uuid:2d48bb89-34da-4b54-410d-64641a1bd3942008-08-19T14:42:32-06:00<p>Mechanical encoders are cheap and pretty stable for general work, and there&rsquo;s Arduino code available for interfacing.<br/>
318-ENC160F-24P from Alpha is pretty good and a fine 24 pulses per rotation.<br/>
Bourns makes a couple - if you were going to carry two, carry one with the &lsquo;bump switch&rsquo;:<br/>
PEC11-4220F-N0012 - just an encoder / 2-bit Gray Code<br/>
PEC11-4220F-S0012 - same, with an additional bump-switch<br/>
Mike Y<br/>
Dallas, Texas</p>sfair on What would you like to see?sfairurn:uuid:e91a02e3-33d5-2d67-4367-b526cf23e95e2008-08-19T11:24:27-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to see a service offered similar to Batchpcb but for prototype bezels.</p>avioneer on What would you like to see?avioneerurn:uuid:21b4f84d-9959-d882-c43b-5218ac20ea0d2008-08-19T08:57:31-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to see Analog Devices Direct Digital Synthesiser chips and some of their various opamps.</p>stigi on What would you like to see?stigiurn:uuid:a2ee94bc-1e9e-0aa1-3213-fd82c87637a12008-08-19T04:32:46-06:00<p>I tried to find a iC WiFi module to use with Arduino but they all seem very expensive and all come with a webserver on it to configure it via http.<br/>
Ain&rsquo;t there no such thing similar to the ENC28J60?<br/>
Would be nice to see something like this :)</p>jandirks on What would you like to see?jandirksurn:uuid:ca05de40-f99a-70a3-d7e5-556252fc2bd72008-08-19T04:22:06-06:00<p>I also would like to see a simple GSM module and/or a module with HSDPA/UMTS</p>TW on What would you like to see?TWurn:uuid:2e9f3582-d069-6ff3-5437-a457aff368e12008-08-19T02:46:12-06:00<p>Infared/thermal sensors would be nice oh and Geiger counter type device</p>MusicMaster on What would you like to see?MusicMasterurn:uuid:53611940-2f97-e242-cf25-0c4c41b8267c2008-08-19T01:44:38-06:00<p>+1 for the &ldquo;no-frills&rdquo; GSM module.</p>mm on What would you like to see?mmurn:uuid:ab8a7416-01b2-6427-d2b0-f4f6c54e6bc12008-08-18T14:20:09-06:00<p>I am with the other commenters on the gsm module. It is the easiest way to make a project wireless.</p>jleichty on What would you like to see?jleichtyurn:uuid:d5271f6c-5568-d720-2229-f9377b24c97f2008-08-18T12:25:44-06:00<p>I would also like to see a no-frills GSM module, as well as a larger selection of imaging sensors.</p>Robert on What would you like to see?Roberturn:uuid:5e61b008-21c7-0e7c-8c55-0b2b87b3a87d2008-08-18T08:42:20-06:00<p>A USB scope! I want one! I&rsquo;ve actually thought about building one with the Arduino, but obviously that would be rather limited. I&rsquo;d definitely be interested in that.<br/>
Some cheaper wireless options for networking Arduinos would be great. I don&rsquo;t know how feasible that is, but $120+ just to replace a cable is kind of expensive.<br/>
A &ldquo;weather shield&rdquo; would also be neat that fits on the Arduino and that has the same sensors as the USB Weather Board - would be cheaper and more hackable.</p>Nederhoed on What would you like to see?Nederhoedurn:uuid:b819ba4d-1094-90d5-2731-c1031c2586482008-08-18T03:34:22-06:00<p>I&rsquo;m a Freeduino user and am interested in:<br/>
- a GPS receiver<br/>
- Wifi<br/>
- SMS module sounds good too<br/>
the use will be a portable device that sends its location along with some measured values. Think of a weather balloon or a robot in the woods.</p>trialex on What would you like to see?trialexurn:uuid:df4c4f41-d7bb-d511-09c9-1ace9a6b05682008-08-17T17:41:01-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d like to see a no-frills GSM module. No GPS, no python, just a module that you send AT-commands to control voice and SMS tansfers.</p>KyleH on What would you like to see?KyleHurn:uuid:71839b8c-6aab-6f64-7e29-b1d90a5d86422008-08-17T16:02:14-06:00<p>Shoe Phone&hellip; heck yeah.<br/>
and..<br/>
- WIFI 802.11 modules<br/>
- Smaller cellular antennas<br/>
- 1 inch Touchscreens for OLED modules</p>Nate on What would you like to see?Nateurn:uuid:9106e222-e369-1908-fce8-9bfa82709f7c2008-08-17T09:58:24-06:00<p>The e-ink cover sounds cool : <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/business/media/21esquire.html" rel="nofollow" >http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/business/media/21esquire.html</a><br/>
E-ink - we tried hard to bring these in. We&rsquo;ll try again.<br/>
Bench power supply - we&rsquo;re working on it.<br/>
O-scope - good idea. We&rsquo;ll find a good one.<br/>
WWV (time) receiver - interesting. I&rsquo;ll ask around.<br/>
kitscuzz: ya, I was really asking about what would be good to have in a brick and mortar store, but new items are always good. DTFM should be doable.</p>kitscuzz on What would you like to see?kitscuzzurn:uuid:08ebfc90-56be-781e-382b-8bf4fee6022c2008-08-16T22:01:40-06:00<p>If you&rsquo;re asking what stuff I&rsquo;d like to see come from sparkfun to my local hobby store:<br/>
I&rsquo;d like to see a lot of the breakout boards. Those things help a lot in prototyping, and they also tend to have the most accessible stuff.<br/>
If you&rsquo;re asking what I&rsquo;d like to see in sparkfun:<br/>
I agree that oscilliscopes would be a really useful addition if you could find affordable ones; as would power supplies. I would also really like to see DTMF Receiver/Transmitter/Transceivers.</p>jbookout on What would you like to see?jbookouturn:uuid:b83e42cd-df02-f0b9-b640-8bc6b0f0a3002008-08-16T17:47:42-06:00<p>An affordable oscilloscope solution(USB or PCI).<br/>
Surface mount AVR uCs (atmega32 or MLFpackage and socket).</p>johnyoyodyne on What would you like to see?johnyoyodyneurn:uuid:f148c109-d808-e10c-0a67-d8e37ec290f52008-08-16T13:36:33-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d love to be able to get things from Maxim from you guys. they have so many cool products. Also cool knobs for potentiometers would be nice. Wow that diprotodon rocks!</p>WillR on What would you like to see?WillRurn:uuid:6af88655-261a-ae58-5ed3-d053583d84a62008-08-15T22:19:23-06:00<p>An affordable bench power supply. Dual/triple output. Digital control a nice bonus.</p>saccade on What would you like to see?saccadeurn:uuid:2886ff81-8bb8-db2f-1598-159556ff4f7d2008-08-15T18:41:28-06:00<p>I&rsquo;d still love to see an inexpensive WWV receiver with TTL out. Bug your friends in China, you know they&rsquo;ve got a warehouse full&hellip;<br/>
Rotary encoders (even w/o blinky lights). They make the best user interfaces. Maybe like the Panasonic EVQ-WK4001 on a breakout board for easy mounting?<br/>
E-ink displays (heard about next month&rsquo;s Esquire cover?). A phone-sized E-ink for &lt; $100 w/breakout board would be awesome, and solve NeilJ&rsquo;s outdoor viewing problems.</p>NeilJ on What would you like to see?NeilJurn:uuid:4c655666-e5bf-e177-561b-62933f26680a2008-08-15T17:18:37-06:00<p>Transflective (or otherwise) daylight-readable color LCD. 7"+.<br/>
Some of us take our projects outside every once and a while ;) Otherwise, no complaints, you guys rock.</p>